US3188676A - Sponge mop - Google Patents

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US3188676A
US3188676A US259831A US25983163A US3188676A US 3188676 A US3188676 A US 3188676A US 259831 A US259831 A US 259831A US 25983163 A US25983163 A US 25983163A US 3188676 A US3188676 A US 3188676A
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Edward D Zelinski
Stomiany Stanley
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Drackett Co
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Priority to DE19641428378 priority patent/DE1428378A1/de
Priority to CH188064A priority patent/CH419485A/de
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/12—Implements with several different treating devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/254—Plate frames
    • A47L13/257—Plate frames for mops made of sponge material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/42—Details
    • A47L13/46—Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like

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  • This invention relates to sponge mops comprising a support element and a replaceable sponge element attached thereto. More particularly, the invention embraces mops of the above type wherein the sponge element "is free to move laterally, permitting expansion and conthe support element by means of screws and wing bolts.
  • the sponge element comprises a sponge block secured to a metal plate which extends substantially from one end to the other of the sponge block and is fixedly secured by means of cement or other suitable adhesive.
  • the metal plate contains screws which are en- -gaged in holes in the backing plate of a support element and fixedly secured thereto by means of wing bolts.
  • the objects of the instant invention are accomplished by constructing a mop employing a sponge element comprising adaptor plates fixedly attached by suitable means to a sponge block.
  • the adaptor plates have a slot for receiving a tab which preferably is formed integrally with the backing plate of the support element.
  • FIGURE 1 is an exploded perspective view of a mop assembly in accordance with the present invention with the mop handle being illustrated fragmentarily in broken lines;
  • FIGURE 2 is an exploded fragmentary perspective view of the sponge element of the mop assembly in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGURE 3 is a section through the assembledmop structure taken on a plane designated by the line 33 in FIGURE 1 showing the mode of attachment of the sponge element onto the support element of the mop;
  • the support element 2 is composed of backing thev adaptor plate 11 can be provided with a punched helical impression 16, as shown in FIGURE 4, to receive screw 28 which passes through opening 29 on the backing 7, plate to anchor the sponge element to the support element.
  • thisrnodified structure does not possessthe freedom of'lateral movement of the design acplate 21, optionally presser element22 and socket 23 which receives a handle shown fragmentarily in brokenglines.
  • Each adaptor plate 11 as seen most clearly in I URES 1 and 4, comprises a metal platewhich is firmly,
  • Each plate has slot 13 which preferably is constructed integrally withthe plate defined by raised portions 14.
  • the lead-1 ing edge of the raised portions 14 are" rounded or tapered .to facilitate engagement of the .slot with tabs 24 which are preferably-formed integrally with backing plate '21, V
  • the tabs 24 can be stamped from backing plate 21 in a single operation, forming an integral unit.
  • Sponge element 1 is attached to support element 2 as shown in FIGURE 3.
  • the sponge element is fastened cording to the instant invention,,however, it permits the utilization of sponge element 1 in the prior art mops, as
  • the present type of construction in addition to allowing for lateral movement compensating for expansion and shrinking due to wetting and drying of the sponge, permits the housewife toattach and detach the sponge element to and from-the metal head of themop withouLneed'of tools.
  • the sponge element can be slipped on or off quickly, permitting the use of more than one sponge element'on the same support element for different operations.
  • the housewife can use ,one sponge element for washingfloors'and, thereafter,
  • the backing plate is formed-witha depressedmarginal flange 26 surrounding the relatively raised main body of .theplate and connected theretobyua; depending marginal shoulder 25, portions of which are in longitudinal alignment with the slidefmeansor tabs 24 at the;
  • thesuppo'rt element possesses a clean ling-eliminatingprojections from the structure as in the case of a support element using wing bolts and screw heads, thereby lessening the possibility. of marring or damaging surfaces when the mop accidentally bumps furniture or is used under low furniture, Elimination of projecting points or fasteners also permits more convenient packaging inasmuch as the upper surface of the sponge element will be much flatter allowing better and more compact packaging in shipping cartons.
  • a mop comprising anelongated flexible absorbentpad having a normally flat upperrsurface co-extensive in length therewith, rigid adapter plates alfixed on said surface in relatively longitudinally spacedrelation, a rigid elongated backing plate having apair ofjrelatively longitudinally spaced and aligned slide means carried thereby adjacent the opposite ends of .saidplate, each said slide means comprising laterally projecting ledges spaced below and in a common "planeparallel to the plate, means on said backing plate defining stops adjacent the relatively remote outer endszof said slide means and in longitudinal: alignment' therewith, a pair' of similarly spaced slide means 1 aflixed to the respective adapter plates, each -such lastmentioned slide, means including laterally projecting ledges 1 in a common plane spaced above and parallel to the said surface of the pad and longitudinally slidably supported one of the slide means 13 with a relatively aligned portion I of the shoulder 25 beneath said

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US259831A US3188676A (en) 1963-02-20 1963-02-20 Sponge mop
GB5547/64A GB1003104A (en) 1963-02-20 1964-02-10 Improvements in and relating to sponge mops
DE19641428378 DE1428378A1 (de) 1963-02-20 1964-02-12 Schrubber
BE643676D BE643676A (en)) 1963-02-20 1964-02-12
CH188064A CH419485A (de) 1963-02-20 1964-02-15 Bodenreinigungsgerät
LU45444D LU45444A1 (en)) 1963-02-20 1964-02-17
NL6401510A NL6401510A (en)) 1963-02-20 1964-02-19
AT142364A AT262551B (de) 1963-02-20 1964-02-20 Reinigungsgerät

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US4468832A (en) * 1983-06-24 1984-09-04 Libman Broom Company Refill sponge mop assembly
US4509224A (en) * 1983-06-24 1985-04-09 Libman Broom Company Refill sponge mop assembly
USD336699S (en) 1990-07-02 1993-06-22 Rubbermaid Incorporated Sponge mop
USD367136S (en) 1994-11-15 1996-02-13 Vining Industries, Inc. Mop head
USD382864S (en) * 1994-11-15 1997-08-26 Lyn Ellen Walker Mouse pad
US5918342A (en) * 1996-12-06 1999-07-06 Smith; Sidney D. Method of and apparatus for sanitizing MRI machines
US20070192978A1 (en) * 2004-11-17 2007-08-23 Robert Michelson Disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle
US20110225754A1 (en) * 2008-12-01 2011-09-22 Carl Freudenberg Kg Cleaning implement
US8087121B1 (en) 2004-11-17 2012-01-03 Butler Home Products, Llc Mop

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US2632192A (en) * 1949-11-04 1953-03-24 Mallory George Raeburn Floor mop and attached wringer
US2677837A (en) * 1950-08-02 1954-05-11 Channell Charles Arthur Mophead and refill assembly
GB793981A (en) * 1955-12-08 1958-04-23 William Frederick Tipping Improvements in or relating to mops
US2967317A (en) * 1959-11-20 1961-01-10 William H Richards Scrubbing mop
FR1284940A (fr) * 1961-03-24 1962-02-16 Brosse éponge essoreuse
US3031705A (en) * 1960-08-08 1962-05-01 Herman Sam Self wringing sponge mop having slide-on holder
US3050761A (en) * 1959-06-15 1962-08-28 Drackett Co Self-wringing sponge mop
US3103028A (en) * 1962-11-30 1963-09-10 Richards William Henry Adjustable implement handle assembly

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US2632192A (en) * 1949-11-04 1953-03-24 Mallory George Raeburn Floor mop and attached wringer
US2677837A (en) * 1950-08-02 1954-05-11 Channell Charles Arthur Mophead and refill assembly
GB793981A (en) * 1955-12-08 1958-04-23 William Frederick Tipping Improvements in or relating to mops
US3050761A (en) * 1959-06-15 1962-08-28 Drackett Co Self-wringing sponge mop
US2967317A (en) * 1959-11-20 1961-01-10 William H Richards Scrubbing mop
US3031705A (en) * 1960-08-08 1962-05-01 Herman Sam Self wringing sponge mop having slide-on holder
FR1284940A (fr) * 1961-03-24 1962-02-16 Brosse éponge essoreuse
US3103028A (en) * 1962-11-30 1963-09-10 Richards William Henry Adjustable implement handle assembly

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US4468832A (en) * 1983-06-24 1984-09-04 Libman Broom Company Refill sponge mop assembly
US4509224A (en) * 1983-06-24 1985-04-09 Libman Broom Company Refill sponge mop assembly
USD336699S (en) 1990-07-02 1993-06-22 Rubbermaid Incorporated Sponge mop
USD367136S (en) 1994-11-15 1996-02-13 Vining Industries, Inc. Mop head
USD382864S (en) * 1994-11-15 1997-08-26 Lyn Ellen Walker Mouse pad
US6093255A (en) * 1996-12-06 2000-07-25 Smith; Sidney D. Methods of sanitizing MRI machines
US5918342A (en) * 1996-12-06 1999-07-06 Smith; Sidney D. Method of and apparatus for sanitizing MRI machines
US20070192978A1 (en) * 2004-11-17 2007-08-23 Robert Michelson Disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle
US8079112B2 (en) 2004-11-17 2011-12-20 Butler Home Products, Llc Disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle
US8087121B1 (en) 2004-11-17 2012-01-03 Butler Home Products, Llc Mop
US8341795B2 (en) 2004-11-17 2013-01-01 Butler Home Products Llc Mop
US8607400B2 (en) 2004-11-17 2013-12-17 Butler Home Products, Llc Disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle
US20110225754A1 (en) * 2008-12-01 2011-09-22 Carl Freudenberg Kg Cleaning implement
US8561245B2 (en) 2008-12-01 2013-10-22 Carl Freudenberg Kg Cleaning implement

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LU45444A1 (en)) 1964-04-17

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